"There's also a nod to Abbey Road's crossing." The centrepiece will be a circular sculpture, depicting a teenage Barrett on a bicycle, armed with a guitar and a paint palette. "This was the Syd I ...

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In 2007, the members of Pink Floyd reunited for a tribute concert in London in honor of the band's co-founder Syd Barrett, ...

Since David Gilmour assumed the role of Pink Floyd mastermind in 1985, it comes as no surprise that two of his favourite ...

On June 5, 1975, the band were in their Abbey Road studio, struggling to agree on a direction for the record. As ...

You Reached for the Stars was mastered at Abbey Road and the booklet even has an homage to ... I believe you are working on releasing a collection of material that you recorded with Syd Barrett. The ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. For much of 2024, The Beatles have been dropping off of and returning to the ...

Indeed, ‘Brain Damage’ – arguably the album’s stand-out track – addresses the acid-fuelled mental collapse of the Cambridge quartet’s original leader, Syd Barrett. Under Barrett’s ...

The title track of the band’s 1975 album has become a favourite, but what’s the real story behind the lyrics? Luckily, the band were at their creative peak - but the troubles that surrounded ...

The first album to define its own contents as psychedelic was the debut album by Texas garage rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, in October 1966 (The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators).

As he readies the release of his new album, In a Landscape, the contemporary classical composer discusses the ...

Inscrutable one-offs such as Tintern Abbey’s haunted “Beeside” vied ... With the precociously talented Syd Barrett at the helm, Pink Floyd produced psychedelia’s most matchless, concise ...